NANO TECHNOLOGY AND IT'S RESEARCH AREA

Nanotechnology is understanding and control of matter at dimensions of roughly 1 to 100 nanometers (a nanometer is one-billionth of a meter; a sheet of paper is about 100,000 nanometers thick), where unique phenomena enable novel applications. Encompassing nanoscale science, engineering and technology, nanotechnology involves imaging, measuring, modeling, manufacturing, and manipulating matter at this length scale.
At the nanoscale, the physical, chemical, and biological properties of materials differ in fundamental and valuable ways from the properties of individual atoms and molecules or bulk matter. Nanotechnology research is directed toward understanding and creating improved materials, devices, and systems that exploit these new properties, which may include:
Nanotechnology is a dynamic and expanding research area in the School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University. The research activities are built upon traditional mechanical engineering disciplines, but extended into the nanoscale science and technology with the use of modern experimental and computational tools. Current research activities include nanoscale heat transfer, fluidics, manufacturing, optics, nano- and mciro-scale electro-mechanical devices (NEMS and MEMS), with Most of the research is conducted at the newly established Birck Nanotechnology . A number of research laboratories provide state-of-the-art facilities for Nanotechnology research projects: